Quinn Cummings

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Quinn Cummings (2011)

Quinn Cummings (born August 13, 1967 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film actress and entrepreneur .

Life

Quinn Cummings was discovered by cameraman James Wong Howe at the age of eight and was first in front of the camera in 1975 in the short-lived sitcom Big Eddie . Her father Sumner Cummings, who was the president of a company specializing in the manufacture of ties , died of a heart attack in 1977 when she was only ten years old . Her mother is the film producer Jan Cummings.

In 1977, Cummings for her best-known film, The Goodbye ( The Goodbye Girl ) in front of the camera and in 1978 - just eleven - as previously fifth-youngest Mime for the Oscar in the category of Best Supporting Actress nomination. Only Justin Henry ( Kramer versus Kramer ), Jackie Cooper ( Skippy ), Tatum O'Neal ( Paper Moon ), who actually won the Academy Award, and Mary Badham ( Who disturbs the nightingale ) were younger than them . Quinn Cummings also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the same feature film.

Despite early success, her later career was limited to roles in television series, including 1978 in Starsky & Hutch and 1984 in an episode of Remington Steele . From 1978 to 1980 she starred in 36 episodes of the series An American Family . In 1989 she officially appeared in a minor supporting role for the film drama Listen to Me for the last time in front of the camera, although she still had a cameo appearance in Blossom in 1991 .

As a teenager, Cummings attended the University of California, Los Angeles , and worked as a casting agent for emerging screenwriters in the 1990s .

In June 2000, Quinn Cummings had a daughter, Anneke DiPietro. She lives with her and her child's father, her partner Donald DiPietro (* 1952), in Los Feliz , a district of Los Angeles. Her daughter's early life was why Cummings founded the HipHugger Company , a company that makes baby carriers for babies and toddlers. Today she is the company's President.

Filmography

  • 1975: Big Eddie (TV series, 10 episodes)
  • 1976: Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (TV movie)
  • 1976: The Six Million Dollar Man ( The Six Million Dollar Man , TV series, one episode)
  • 1977: Night Terror (TV movie)
  • 1977: Visions (TV series, an episode)
  • 1977: Intimate Strangers (TV movie)
  • 1977: The Goodbye (The Goodbye Girl)
  • 1978: Starsky & Hutch (TV series, episode)
  • 1978: Baretta (TV series, an episode)
  • 1978–1980: An American Family ( Family , TV series, 36 episodes)
  • 1980: CBS Library (TV series, an episode)
  • 1980: The Babysitter (TV movie)
  • 1981: Darkroom (TV series, episode)
  • 1983: Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (TV movie)
  • 1984: Remington Steele (TV series, an episode)
  • 1985: Hail to the Chief (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1986: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , TV series, an episode)
  • 1989: The Great Challenge (Listen to Me)
  • 1991: Blossom (TV series, episode)

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